Great piece in TIME about Obama and Biden (remember them?)

[jillan]

Not everything is perfect, but the chemistry is great:

Obama and Biden's Chemistry Test

snips -

On Saturday morning Barack Obama and his newly-minted running mate Joe Biden stopped at a diner outside of Youngstown, Ohio for some breakfast. Obama made a few brief comments to the press about Hurricane Gustav's imminent threat before turning to greet diners. Five minutes later, it was Biden's turn to be asked about the gathering storm. His answer was three times as long as Obama's, and included details of his daughter's time at Tulane University in New Orleans. As he kept talking Obama, about 10 feet away, kept glancing over at Biden. For an awkward 20 seconds or so, the Democratic nominee looked a little concerned about Biden's soliloquy. But soon enough, he left Biden alone, turning towards the door to chat with other patrons.


After 19 months of campaigning as the sole focus of attention, the moment was a telling one for Obama, who is learning to share the spotlight—for better and for worse—with a man whose personality is almost polar opposite of his own.

So far, in the ten days since Obama chose Biden as his veep nominee, the two seem to have a good relationship. In their first joint television interview, with 60 Minutes, they didn't interrupt and talk over one another the way John Kerry and his running mate, John Edwards, did four years ago - an early omen of the bad blood that would flow between them. Obama and Biden genuinely seem to look out for one another, a relationship strengthened by the immediate and strong bond between their wives. When practicing their remarks before Obama officially named Biden his vice-presidential candidate in Springfield, Illinois, for example, Biden had a moment where he couldn't read the teleprompter because he had just put in eye drops. Before he could say anything Obama asked to make the letters bigger, saying he himself was having trouble reading them. The two talk easily about sports and gossip about mutual friends on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the panel that Biden leads and Obama sits on. When Obama spoke to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal about the hurricane Saturday, Obama interrupted the governor in order to put the call on speaker phone so Biden could listen in.

But Obama didn't always have faith in Biden, aides say. The long-serving Delaware senator is a gregarious extrovert who, upon learning your profession, will regale you with stories of one of his zillion relatives who, coincidentally, does the same thing. Obama is an introvert who spends more time asking people about their lives and concerns and talking about what solutions are important to them. When they met Biden still had presidential ambitions of his own and Obama was a precocious, very ambitious freshman. On the campaign trail, though, the two bonded through a dozen, sometimes heated debates

more at:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1837851,00.html

[1corona4u]

1. LOL, remember them...

yeah, vaugely...

I will read the rest later. At a friends house, and this site is very slow. But, I really hate the way these people patronize Biden. They say one good thing, one bad thing...why can't they just make it all positive?

[Willo]

2. They are learning from each other.

More importantly, they are WILLING to learn from each other.

They also defended each other during the 60 Minutes interview.

They do have a good chemistry. Another few weeks at this and their game is going to be TIGHT!

I'd love to see full-ticket debate.